Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-28
FRIGHTFUL FIRE.
BURNING CT THE BELr-LISE STABLES
IN Few YORK.
Many 1erementHouses Destroysd-rhir'
teen Hundred Horses Burned to :.
Death-scenes Of Terror.
lRr telegram 70 The ni.n.,..h l

NV YORK. May 27.-Flames broke out
at 1880 O'Clock this morning in the south
end 81 the Delt.Line stables, on Tenth ave-
nue. between Flfiv.third and Fifty-fourth
streets. The building was entirely de-.
stroy cd. with about I 300 horses and nearly
all The cars in the building. The n tines
we're first seen by Que Of The night hands,
who cave the alrn. The flames sprcld
rapidly. and soon completely envelOpcd
he bli'Ging In iheir fold. The building
was ilvc.s ory one and covered q square
block, reaching back to Eleventh avenue
The upper stories were occupied by reDair
shops and combusl'ble materil. which
blaztd - soon ~ touched by The fire. fbe
rfiiccs we're situated ~ the southeast cor.
nU. They were IN flames 50 quickly thst
ihCre was no chance TO save the book.
81 tie COMPANY. In the stables were
over fourteen hur dTtd horses and several
bunGrcd cars. Onlg about one hundred
hor,cs ard two cars we're saved. The rest
were ~ burned up. At A. ". the walls
Of tie building fell in with terrible crash,
scu0lng million. Of sparks and blazing
piece, 4 GOD high IN the air.
THREE SKIES.
Tie flc alqrm 81 the three SKIES had been
made 81, soon as fhe lire chief arrived a, the
scene, ard engines from all parts of the
city. V,ih water tower, and hOok.and.lad-
der CompsniCs. were rapidly coming. Toe
best FROM the flaming building was 50 great
that several tremcn and two policemen
were Irostratcd.
At I.4j 4. NJ. the flames, aided by
strong. high wind which was prevailing,
bod lc.Dcd across the wide avenue and
communicated 10 a whole block on tine east
side h,iwcen Fiitv.third and Fiity.four.h
ireU.. TIE block was composed Of six
story tcnement-houses and a courtyard.
TEnEoB.sTpIcKEN TENANTS.
The terror stricken tenants poured out
Of the building Ike a swarm OF bees. pray
ing. n.hting, and cursing by turns. The
Gene OF terror was indescrlhable. The
buildings burned rapidly, though The fronts
fronting l, G avenue were OF brown stone.
~ 80 they were completely Quilted. The
nsmc~ .prCad through the entire square
block over 10 Ninth avenue. At 80 y. VI.
The ncyt JlOck below had caught on fire and
was hlqNug GcrCely. The streets in the Vi
Gritty 'or blocks away were filed with
iTighicutd, cry iug. aud w0e-siricken ten
aut> hcdng from the rlyagcs OF the filmcS.
The fire attracted thousands OF awe-struck
.ucctaiois. The tcncment.hOu,cs were
iicl,iy pcoglcd. Every floor had from
four 90 ,lsc families. All were poor people.
WHO Wa lose all t1rir property.
UNDER CONTROL.
The ire was got under control at 4
O'Clock IBIS morning. The stables. with
their contents, and frame house, on the
opposite side OF Tenth avenue and down
Fhty-fourth street Nere CstrOycd.
a. q. s.tts 80 T.IH
one of ihc occupants OF house No. 80
wo.t Figty-fourlL street, which was burned,
was ,icS IN her bed. The police rescued
her and" brought her TO the sidewalk,
where >hr expired from fright and .hocE.
The estimates show the loss by the lire
Aill no. 5c covered 10y one million dollars.
rrRrHEg PARTICULARS.
The i,,~ls now ostmqted at Sl.32j, 0oO.
The fic RACED from half.Past hll day
3rr K. Z HE sun lose upon scene OF desc.
lali0p, "a with lhr tired iiremen master. 81
lie siuulicn. The bodies OF over l,.le
bor.o> & ~ had been ,motbered or burn Il
1hye vcr, roasting in tn ruins ot the IT.
rIcs, Oco wing al Jacob NeWS's silkfl'to.
rv in Fuiy.fourlh street and five brick
iohemcut- ~ that block have disappeared
Scarcely % trace ~. let of any Of them
Slye tie corner tenement, the Genth-1Ne-
nue. front 81 which yet stands. a row Of
frsme roohcres on Tenth avenue fronting
the ,tqblr. had been wiped out. and Of tue
shalty settlement al the way dom Fifty
third street from Tenth avenue 10
within 900 feet Of Eleventh avenue
uclhng was lett save blackencd rocks ant
rows OF dead goats. dogs, pig, and hor.e'
that had been buried to death in a vain
scramble for life. More than one hundred
families Of very poor people have been rem
dCrcd homeless and any number OF people,
including Gromen and police, been pros
t!ated 10y the consuming heat. Men, Wo'
men. and children wandered aimlessly over
the luiB, Of their Wrctched homes, bcreit
Of their ali and bcWildcred OF the sudden
and crushing blow. Their losses, though
mostly insignificant in amount, were the
accumulation Of q lifetime. The insurance
will &c. lcS, than Sj.Co0.olo. The street.
csr company carried 33ll.000. The in
surance I, divided among lI0 companies.